Scientists Unlock 700,000-Year-Old Secrets Hidden Inside a Giant Elephant Tooth

A giant elephant's tooth has preserved clues to the watery world that sustained early humans nearly 700,000 years ago. Researchers studying elephant remains from Gesher Benot Ya’aqov in northern Israel have reconstructed a Pleistocene environment rich in water, vegetation, and wildlife. The study, published in Quaternary Science Reviews, reveals the landscape shared by enormous elephants and early humans.